We've got a fair deal on the table ... and would like to continue to move the discussions forward. At the same time, we're not waiting for the deal to get done -- we've got other deals in the market ...

Part of our philosophy is to wrestle the absolute best, because that is what we want to be.

These guys are some of the best in the country... but (our guys) are not wrestling some immortal being. It's just another person.

The No. 1 thing to do is to fight for six minutes. We tell our guys to never be intimidated by anybody, to fight your tail off for a victory.

Thinking too much just brings it back to me, me, me—but thanking takes my eyes off myself and my mistakes and puts them on others, on things bigger than myself. I can’t stand here very long without being humbled at how small I am and amazed at how big and beautiful our world is.

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